compagnie, from compain 'companion', from Late Latin companio; COMPANION

company

noun

com‧pa‧nyS1W1 plural companies

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business

[C also + plural verbBritish English]a business organization that makes or sells goods or services [= business, firm]COLLOCATIONS COLLOCATIONS run a company set up/start a company join a company (=become an employee) a company goes bust/bankrupt (=stops doing business because it has lost too much money) record/oil/insurance/phone etc company multinational company (=one that has offices in different countries) company policy company director/executive

Which company do you work for?

The company are hoping to expand their operations abroad.

In ten years, Jeff went from working in the mailroom to running the company.

➔ part company

; ➔ present company excepted

at present1 (7)WORD FOCUS: company WORD FOCUS: company similar words:firm, businessa big company:corporation, multinational, conglomeratean Internet company:dot-coma company that is owned by a larger company:subsidiary, affiliateabbreviations used in company names:Ltd (Limited)Co. (Company)Corp. (Corporation)PLC (Public Limited Company)British English, Pty. (Proprietary)used in Australia and South Africacompany ➔start-up3

Definition of company from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English within the topic ARMY